Clemson's Lamb warms up at bat, still pitches some

Clemson's versatile Will Lamb, a York High product, has begun to warm up at the plate while still receiving spot pitching duty.

The 6-foot-5 junior has hit safely in his past 10 games as a field position player. He is 12-for-32 in April (.375) with seven runs and six RBI, raising his average to .299 before the Tigers' game Wednesday versus Georgia.

The speedy centerfielder is one of seven Tigers to score at least 20 runs, and he is 8-for-8 in stolen base attempts.

Lamb is part of a potent lineup that's second in the ACC in batting (.319) and tied for fifth in runs scored (262) following a weekend sweep at Boston College.

In seven pitching appearances, Lamb is 1-1 with a 5.66 earned run average. He has 11 walks and 23 strikeouts in 20 2/3 innings.

Most recently, he had one of his four starts in the series finale against Maryland on April 10. He went 3 1/3 innings and gave up four runs, but didn't figure in the decision in the Terps' 7-6 win.

Lamb played parts of the past two summers with the Peninsula Pilots of the Coastal Plain League. Arriving later last season, he batted .396 in 12 games. Two summers ago, he hit .236 and started six games as a pitcher.

Dave Fairbank watches the ACC among other things for the Daily Press. Read his blog at dailypress.com/fromthetarpit.